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In the same cabinet in Florence. The sculptures "Walking Diana" and "Running Diana" possess all the possible grace and lightness. The "Torso," which is the trunk of a figure of Hercules, is more beautiful, if one might say so, than the "Farnese Hercules," and many others that are too numerous to name but are important study objects for young artists. It is enough to add that one cannot reach perfection in drawing and choosing beautiful nature, except through a dedicated study of these antique pieces. It is only in these precious works, whether they are full statues, bas-reliefs, or even decorations, that one can draw true good taste and grand style. Moreover, and we do not fear to say so, it is from the Antique that one should learn to drape well, to make a beautiful choice of folds, and to form them well, especially for Sculpture. We know that the ancients were criticized for the excessive quantity of small folds, which they often arranged like pipes next to each other; this is because they did not believe that Sculpture could tolerate the large folds made later on. It is conceded that they sometimes took the delicacy of these folds to an extreme, but considering everything, this method is still better than the use of large folds, which despite the art and taste with which some Modern sculptors have treated them, always lack the grace of the nude and mostly result in heavy masses of rocks, which must be handled with the greatest taste to make them bearable. Furthermore, the ancients did not know, in their rounded sculptures, the extravagant manner of making draperies fly in the air, which only creates a significant difficulty in Sculpture, without

Translation Notes:
- "Antique" refers to the classic art and sculpture from ancient Greece and Rome.
- "Draper" can be translated as "drape," focusing on how fabric is represented in sculpture.